Art Deco Bowl

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A rather unusual shape of conical bowl, based on a couple of mathematical observations.

If you slice a cone at an oblique angle you get an ellipse

And if you slice a cylinder at an oblique angle you also get an ellipse

And, with a little trial and error, the two ellipses can be made the same.

It is a project which is technically quite difficult, but a lot of fun to do

This project requires the blank for the "bowl" to be sliced at an angle on a large bandsaw and the blank for the "stalk" to be sandwiched beween scrap pine wedges for turning